Gerda Müller

Gerda Müller (30 July 1894 – 26 April 1951) was a German stage actress.

Life

Gerda Müller was born near Rößel (since 1945 part of Poland) in rural East Prussia. She studied at the "Max Reinhardt" stage school (as it was known at the time) in Berlin, where she was taught by Lucie Höflich, Hermine Körner and Eduard von Winterstein. they separated soon afterwards, but not amicably. She had affairs, including one with Carl Zuckmayer who referred to her as the Lithuanian vixen on account of her apparent vitality. In 1931 Müller married Hans Lohmeyer, the Lord Mayor of Königsberg.

In January 1933, the Nazi Party took power and systematically switched Germany over to a one-party dictatorship. Müller's husband was not a member of the Nazi Party and was suspended from his mayoral duties. Gerda Müller also retired to private life during the twelve Nazi years, possibly due to a severe lung infection. Other sources indicate that a stage ban was imposed on her in connection with complications following the non-consensual ending of her earlier marriage with Hermann Scherchen.

Selected filmography The Cuckoos (1949) The Last Year (1951)